Mercy Chapel at Mill Run

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Mercy Chapel at Mill Run
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Mercy Chapel at Mill Run
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LocationMill Run Rd., Selbysport, Maryland
Coordinates 39°42′40.27″N79°22′19.22″W / 39.7111861°N 79.3720056°W / 39.7111861; -79.3720056 Coordinates: 39°42′40.27″N79°22′19.22″W / 39.7111861°N 79.3720056°W / 39.7111861; -79.3720056
Area1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built1874
ArchitectMiller, John
Architectural styleOctagon Mode
NRHP reference No. 84001792 [1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 7, 1984

Mercy Chapel at Mill Run is an historic Carpenter Gothic-style church located at Selbysport, Garrett County, Maryland. It is a one-story, one room frame structure built on an octagonal plan above a coursed stone foundation. The interior of the chapel is a fine example of local craftsmanship and is virtually unchanged since the 1870s. Two small graveyard plots lie adjacent to the chapel. It is one of the most architecturally sophisticated and well-preserved octagonal buildings in Maryland, and one of only a dozen mid-19th-century octagonal buildings surviving in Maryland. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Geoffrey B. Henry (February 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Mercy Chapel at Mill Run" (PDF). Maryland Historical Trust. Retrieved 2016-01-01.